Erigon
Erigon Technologies · Go · LGPL-3.0
Go execution client focused on disk efficiency and archive nodes.
executionEthereum MainnetHoodiSepoliaHolesky
Required by network upgrades
| Upgrade | Network | Minimum |
|---|---|---|
| Glamsterdam | Sepolia | ≥ 3.7.1 |
| Fusaka | Ethereum Mainnet | ≥ 3.3.0 |
Releases
32 releases
Erigonv3.8.1
Why this rating
- high (hoodi): Hoodi operators running 3.8.0 must upgrade before 26 October 2026, 17:42:48 UTC.
- high (hoodi): Hoodi nodes on 3.8.0 must upgrade before 26 October 2026, 17:42:48 UTC; for Hoodi nodes on versions earlier than 3.8.0, upgrading is recommended but not urgent.
- medium (all networks): This release is recommended for all users.
- Security: - Peer-traffic resilience. Caplin enforces consensus-spec size limits on gossip and peer responses. Historical block access list requests use a separate servin…
- Breaking changes: - Beacon API node identity metadata. /eth/v1/node/identity now returns seq_number instead of seq, 0x-prefixed attnets and syncnets, and custody_group_count fro…
Oct 23, 2026
Erigonv3.8.0
Why this rating
- high (hoodi): Upgrade Hoodi nodes before 26 October 2026, 17:42:48 UTC.
- Security: - Network decoders allocate buffers as data arrives and reject impossible compressed sizes. Tighter bounds on peer queues, transaction packets, and Caplin goss…
- consensus-safety wording: "- Execution fixes stale commitment reads after reorgs and recovery from invalid blocks."
- Breaking changes: - Batched database syncing is now the default. This reduces disk-flush pauses. A power loss can roll back recent unflushed commits; set --db.safe.nosync=false …
- fork readiness: "Erigon 3.8.0 is Glamsterdam-ready, with Glamsterdam on Hoodi, faster commitment and execution, and further RPC performance improvements."
Oct 20, 2026
Erigonv3.7.1
Why this rating
- high (sepolia): Upgrade Sepolia nodes before 6 October 2026, 13:53:36 UTC (epoch 353024).
- medium (all networks): This bugfix release is recommended for all users; no re-sync is required from 3.7.0.
- consensus-safety wording: "This avoids missed proposals during background flush and commit."
- Breaking changes: - cl/beacon: prefix custom graffiti with EL+CL client identification by default (#24394) by @lystopad — leaves 19 bytes for custom text, or 25 while the EL ver…
- fork readiness: "v3.7.1 makes Caplin ready for Glamsterdam on Sepolia."
Oct 2, 2026
Erigonv3.7.0
Why this rating
- high (sepolia): Upgrade Sepolia nodes before 6 October 2026, 13:53:36 UTC.
- Breaking changes: - Receipt storage defaults change for fresh datadirs. To retain the previous disk-saving default, set --prune.include-receipts=false when creating the datadir.…
- performance wording: "Erigon 3.7.0 is headlined by parallel commitment enabled by default, broad RPC performance improvements, persisted receipts by default, and Glamsterdam on Sepolia."
Sep 25, 2026
Erigonv3.6.1
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.6.1 is a bugfix and security release recommended for all users.
- security wording: "v3.6.1 is a bugfix and security release recommended for all users."
- Security: - p2p/discover: require a proven bond before accepting a PING endpoint statement (#23639) by @yperbasis — an unbonded PING could feed an arbitrary claimed addr…
Sep 9, 2026
Erigonv3.6.0
Why this rating
- Breaking changes: - Downgrading after 3.6 writes new snapshot files is unsupported. New 3.6 snapshot and accessor formats are incompatible with Erigon 3.5. Back up the datadir b…
- performance wording: "- Faster state access and snapshot maintenance."
Aug 24, 2026
Erigonv3.5.5
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.5.5 is a bugfix and security release recommended for all users, and especially for block proposers and archive-node operators.
- security wording: "v3.5.5 is a bugfix and security release recommended for all users, and especially for block proposers and archive-node operators."
Aug 12, 2026
Erigonv3.5.4
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.5.4 is a bugfix release recommended for all users, and especially for operators running the RPC daemon with response compression enabled — archive nodes and high-traffic RPC endpoints — where a na…
- performance wording: "v3.5.4 is a bugfix release recommended for all users, and especially for operators running the RPC daemon with response compression enabled — archive nodes and high-traffic RPC en…"
Jul 29, 2026
Erigonv3.5.3
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.5.3 is a bugfix release recommended for all users.
Jul 23, 2026
Erigonv3.5.2
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.5.2 is a bugfix release recommended for all users, and especially for anyone running 3.5.1 — it fixes a sync-halting trie-root regression introduced there (#22399).
Jul 13, 2026
Erigonv3.5.1
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.5.1 is a bugfix release recommended for all users.
Jul 10, 2026
Erigonv3.5.0
Why this rating
- Security: - --ethstats credentials are redacted from the startup command log (#20890) — by @MysticRyuujin - DoS-resistance limits on inbound P2P message volume (#20577, …
- breaking wording: "It is a drop-in upgrade for 3.4.x users — no re-sync required; existing datadirs upgrade their prune configuration automatically (see Breaking Changes)."
- performance wording: "Erigon now executes EVM transactions across multiple cores by default, using the Block-STM (software transactional memory) design pioneered by Aptos: transactions run optimistical…"
Jun 26, 2026
Erigonv3.4.4
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.4.4 is a bugfix release recommended for all users.
Jun 18, 2026
Erigonv3.4.3
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.4.3 is a bugfix release recommended for all users.
Jun 2, 2026
Erigonv3.4.2
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.4.2 is a bugfix release recommended for all users.
May 22, 2026
Erigonv3.4.1
May 11, 2026
Erigonv3.4.0
Why this rating
- security wording: "- github.com/buger/jsonparser: bump 1.1.1 → 1.1.2 to address CVE-2026-32285 (HIGH, CVSS 7.5 — out-of-bounds read)."
- Security: - github.com/buger/jsonparser: bump 1.1.1 → 1.1.2 to address CVE-2026-32285 (HIGH, CVSS 7.5 — out-of-bounds read). (#20018) ---
- Breaking changes: - Minimum Go version: 1.25 - --rpc.blockrange.limit=1_000 new limit. Maximum block range (end - begin) allowed for range queries over RPC. 0 - means unlimited.…
- performance wording: "The Erigon team is happy to announce the release of Erigon 3.4.0 "Splashing Saga" — a major update for node operators and validators, focused on stability, performance, and effici…"
Apr 28, 2026
Erigonv3.4.0-rc.5
Why this rating
- Breaking changes: - Minimum Go version: 1.25 - --rpc.blockrange.limit=1_000 new limit. Maximum block range (end - begin) allowed for range queries over RPC. 0 - means unlimited.…
- performance wording: "- Reduced impact on ChainTip performance: from RPC, background file merging, pruning, and optional heavy flags (--persist.receipts, --prune.include-commitment-history)."
Apr 24, 2026
Erigonv3.3.10
Why this rating
- high (mainnet): v3.3.10 - Rocky Romp This release schedules Fusaka on Gnosis Chain mainnet at Tue 14 April 2026, 12:06:20 UTC and thus is mandatory for all Gnosis users.
- fork scheduled (mainnet): v3.3.10 - Rocky Romp This release schedules Fusaka on Gnosis Chain mainnet at Tue 14 April 2026, 12:06:20 UTC and thus is mandatory for all Gnosis users.
- medium (all networks): It is also recommended for all users in general.
Mar 27, 2026
Erigonv3.3.9
Mar 9, 2026
Erigonv3.3.8
Feb 20, 2026
Erigonv3.3.7
Why this rating
- performance wording: "Prune performance."
Jan 30, 2026
Erigonv3.3.4
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.3.4 - Rocky Romp v3.3.4 is a bugfix release recommended for all users.
Jan 23, 2026
Erigonv3.3.3
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.3.3 - Rocky Romp v3.3.3 is a bugfix release recommended for all users.
- security wording: "- p2p: resolve security vulnerability in #18650 by @yperbasis"
Jan 14, 2026
Erigonv3.3.2
Dec 13, 2025
Erigonv3.2.4
Dec 9, 2025
Erigonv3.3.1
Dec 7, 2025
Erigonv3.3.0
Why this rating
- performance wording: "- SkipAnalysis VM optimization removed (#17217)"
Nov 27, 2025
Erigonv3.2.3
Nov 25, 2025
Erigonv3.2.2
Why this rating
- high (mainnet): Thus it is a mandatory update for all Ethereum mainnet users.
- fork scheduled (mainnet): v3.2.2 "Quirky Quests" v3.2.2 schedules Fusaka on Ethereum mainnet on December 3, 2025 at 09:49:11pm UTC.
Nov 3, 2025
Erigonv3.2.1
Why this rating
- medium (all networks): v3.2.1 "Quirky Quests" v3.2.1 is a bugfix release recommended for all users, especially validators.
Oct 20, 2025
Erigonv3.2.0
Why this rating
- performance wording: "- EVM: MODEXP precompile performance improvements (#16579, #16583, #16396, #17151) by @chfast & @yperbasis"
Oct 2, 2025